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it's not that he didn't try to rip apart romney's economic plan. >> that kind of top-down economics, where folks at the top are doing well, so the average person making 3 million bucks is getting a $250,000 tax break, while middle class families are burdened further. >> reporter: romney was determined to go toe to toe. >> but virtually everything he just said about my tax plan is inaccurate. >> all right. go ahead. >> so if the tax plan he described were a tax plan i was asked to support, i would say, absolutely not. >> reporter: the president did get digs in. >> for 18 months, he's been running on this tax plan. and now, five weeks before the election, he's saying that his big, bold idea is, never mind. >> reporter: but he also showed flashes of the kind of testiness sources in both camps feared from their candidates, except obama's was directed a the moderator, not romney. >> the last point i'd make, before -- >> two minutes is up, sir. >> no, i think i had five seconds before you interrupted me, was -- >> reporter: romney did have his own awkward moderator moment. >> i'm sorry, ji
it's not that he didn't try to rip apart romney's economic plan. >> that kind of top-down economics, where folks at the top are doing well, so the average person making 3 million bucks is getting a $250,000 tax break, while middle class families are burdened further. >> reporter: romney was determined to go toe to toe. >> but virtually everything he just said about my tax plan is inaccurate. >> all right. go ahead. >> so if the tax plan he described were a tax plan...
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romney's tripled down on saying no revenue. so if he were elected he's promising four more years of gridlock in washington because that's the formula. either he's not telling the truth to the republican base, he signed the pledge and it doesn't mean anything. or, he is telling the truth and you have gridlock. you can't have it both ways. this is a man who has a one-point plan for america. a tax cut of $5 trillion. you extend the bush tax cuts by 20% -- >> but last night was about foreign policy. and -- let's get back to foreign policy. it is. >> soledad it is foreign policy. because if you don't have a strong economy, you can't be strong abroad and you can't carry out a foreign policy. mitt romney's policy is to go back to the economy that we had before. >> on foreign policy you are the senate foreign relations chairman. you travel abroad all the time. does mitt romney have a point that the perception of the world, supposed to get so much of the united states was supposed to get so much better after george w. bush left and obam
romney's tripled down on saying no revenue. so if he were elected he's promising four more years of gridlock in washington because that's the formula. either he's not telling the truth to the republican base, he signed the pledge and it doesn't mean anything. or, he is telling the truth and you have gridlock. you can't have it both ways. this is a man who has a one-point plan for america. a tax cut of $5 trillion. you extend the bush tax cuts by 20% -- >> but last night was about foreign...
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mitt romney is down south in mississippi and louisiana. he's going to have his what could be a potential vp pick by his side, governor bobby jindal will be with him. they have wrapped up their 104th annual meeting in virginia this weekend. on sunday delaware's governor jack markell was named the chairman of the national governors association and also a supporter of president obama and joins us this morning. it is nice to see you. thanks for being with us as always. you were a guest no long ago and now talking about i a little bit of distance. they were not talking as much about the governors meeting as they were about bain and taxes. let's talk about bain first. stephanie cutter kicked the whole thing off when she said either mitt romney misrepresented his position at bain to the sec which would be a felony or he was misrepresenting his position at bain to the american people. she's with the obama campaign. earlier i said the white house and that was a mistake. here's what she said this weekend when she kind of doubled down. listen. >> if
mitt romney is down south in mississippi and louisiana. he's going to have his what could be a potential vp pick by his side, governor bobby jindal will be with him. they have wrapped up their 104th annual meeting in virginia this weekend. on sunday delaware's governor jack markell was named the chairman of the national governors association and also a supporter of president obama and joins us this morning. it is nice to see you. thanks for being with us as always. you were a guest no long ago...
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usually they play expectations down, talk about what a great debater obama is and how terrible romney strickland was sounding like it's over. >> i'm so tired of playing down expectations. >> me, too. romney is promising to honor temporary work permits for younger illegal immigrants who were allowed to remain in the u.s. after that executive order was signed by president obama this summer. the denver post says, quote, the people who have received the special visa that the president has put in place, wfs a two-year visa, should expect the visa would continue to be valid. i'm not going to take something that they've purchased. before those visas have expired we will have the full immigration reform plan that i've proposed. >>> squaring off in their second debate last night, brown tried to paint himself as an outsider in a dysfunctional washington. warren said he makes a different case behind closed doors and also said republicans, including brown, are out to block president obama's economic agenda. >> could the -- wow! >> football player. >> could the desks of mahmoud ahmadi nechlt jad b
usually they play expectations down, talk about what a great debater obama is and how terrible romney strickland was sounding like it's over. >> i'm so tired of playing down expectations. >> me, too. romney is promising to honor temporary work permits for younger illegal immigrants who were allowed to remain in the u.s. after that executive order was signed by president obama this summer. the denver post says, quote, the people who have received the special visa that the president...
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piers morgan is going to sit down with mitt romney and ann romney tonight as well will be his guests and ahead on "starting point" facebook is about to deliver its first earnings report after the big mess of a public offering. will wall street click like on it or not? our get real north korea insulted at the olympics. already? the flag flat that forced the team to walk out. you're watching starting point and back in a moment. [ male announcer ] research suggests the health of our cells plays a key role throughout our entire lives. ♪ one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. ♪ it has more of seven antioxidants to support cell health. that's one a day men's 50+ healthy advantage. to support cell health. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and get back to work. everyday you s
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if romney can go down to mississippi and alabama and expand his coalition and do well and win one of those states that makes it very difficult for the other guys to stick around. but it's theoretically possible for santorum, if gingrich is out of the race, it's theoretically possible for santorum to build a lead, not likely, but what he can do is he can prevent romney from getting a mar jority. >> every single thing that ryan has said today is, this but this and this but this. we appreciate it, ryan. thank you for your music today. very good. we approve. >> last time you said it was too sleepy. >> i know. yes. yes. it's fine now. you can come back any time you want. >> i'm bringing metallica next time. >> i love it. >>> still ahead on "starting point," gas price pressure in addition to all the other political stories and you probably felt the pinch on this. gas prices is going to go up. we'll discuss that, straight ahead. >>> congressman who is heading to the side of the father of two who is facing deportation. we're going to talk to congressman luis gutierrez, leader on u.s. immigra
if romney can go down to mississippi and alabama and expand his coalition and do well and win one of those states that makes it very difficult for the other guys to stick around. but it's theoretically possible for santorum, if gingrich is out of the race, it's theoretically possible for santorum to build a lead, not likely, but what he can do is he can prevent romney from getting a mar jority. >> every single thing that ryan has said today is, this but this and this but this. we...
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like sarah, who is now a romney ohio volunteer. >> he let me down. i was very, very hopeful that he was going to be the guy to turn everything around in america and make everything better and he just -- his words were empty. >> reporter: but romney may have only himself to blame if more white clamiddle class moms side with obama. offended, she says, by romney's 47% remark. >> i think i heard it on an obama ad and then i googled it. i feel like he's out of touch with what everybody's going through. i mean, ohio is one of the hardest places hit. >> reporter: it hit home because the wiseman fami got government help while husband, ray, was unemployed for a bit. >> my reaction to what he said was, that's me. he's talking about me. >> reporter: three teenagers and a husband who just found work two hours away shaped sharon's politics. and while she promises to listen, the hour is getting late. governor romney, running out of time to prove he understands her struggles. soledad, it's quite interesting. governor romney's interview with wolf blitzer, clearly tr
like sarah, who is now a romney ohio volunteer. >> he let me down. i was very, very hopeful that he was going to be the guy to turn everything around in america and make everything better and he just -- his words were empty. >> reporter: but romney may have only himself to blame if more white clamiddle class moms side with obama. offended, she says, by romney's 47% remark. >> i think i heard it on an obama ad and then i googled it. i feel like he's out of touch with what...
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mitt romney has been clear down here about his commitment, number one, to protect our border. and most people across the country believe that protecting our border is just talking about the southwestern border. that's wrong. that's like locking your front door and leaving open the back door. our caribbean border is the u.s. and the virgin islands. the drug smugglers are coming through here to actually distribute drugs in the eastern sea board all the way from miami to boston. that has to be stopped and mitt romney has committed to provide the necessary assets to stop that. he has also committed to create jobs and to include puerto rico as a territory, but include us as a nation in any pro-growth initiative to create jobs. jobs in puerto rico are american jobs as well. certainly he has committed to respect -- >> go ahead. sir. >> you were saying? >> forgive me for interrupting. >> and, thirdly, he has committed actually to respect the will of the people and the voters on november 6th on our political status. so, again, if we want to win the hearts and minds of hispanic voters a
mitt romney has been clear down here about his commitment, number one, to protect our border. and most people across the country believe that protecting our border is just talking about the southwestern border. that's wrong. that's like locking your front door and leaving open the back door. our caribbean border is the u.s. and the virgin islands. the drug smugglers are coming through here to actually distribute drugs in the eastern sea board all the way from miami to boston. that has to be...
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that's something that people like mitt romney benefit from. he gets richer and richer every year because of that particular tax deduction. a lot of people have been asking what happens to that one as well. we know he would lower the marginal rate for everyone by 20%. okay but what about all the other stuff that goes around it? >> a lot of questions. >> we'll find out at the deba debates. >> we're going to continue this in-depth conversation tomorrow on "starting point." christine will look at everything, the housing situation in this country, breaking down president obama and mitt romney's plans to help homeowners. >> can only imagine the reading material at night. if you have a personal economic story you would like to share with us please do. go to our cnn ireport website. check out our assignment page. let us know, are you better off? >> and ahead on "starting point," moving over heidi klum. who is the new number one most dangerous celebrity on the internet? >> dangerous? >> we'll tell you, find out, you're watching "starting point." [ fema
that's something that people like mitt romney benefit from. he gets richer and richer every year because of that particular tax deduction. a lot of people have been asking what happens to that one as well. we know he would lower the marginal rate for everyone by 20%. okay but what about all the other stuff that goes around it? >> a lot of questions. >> we'll find out at the deba debates. >> we're going to continue this in-depth conversation tomorrow on "starting...
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but he said he can and will state it more clearly down the road. but certainly is not what team romney would like to be discussing this morning. cnn's andrew spencer has more for us. take a look. >> reporter: in one clip mitt romney jokes about wishing his father's parents had been latino. >> had he been born of mexican parents, i'd have a better shot of winning this. but he was not. -- americans living in mexico. he lived there for a number of years, and i mean i say that jokingly, but it would be helpful to be latino. >> reporter: and it goes off on obama supporters. all right, there are 47% who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, >> reporter: the obama campaign issued a response saying of a romney presidency, quote, it's hard to serve as president for all americans when you've disdainfully written off half the nation. in a news conference late monday night romney said he could have spoken more clearly, but said he was trying to point
but he said he can and will state it more clearly down the road. but certainly is not what team romney would like to be discussing this morning. cnn's andrew spencer has more for us. take a look. >> reporter: in one clip mitt romney jokes about wishing his father's parents had been latino. >> had he been born of mexican parents, i'd have a better shot of winning this. but he was not. -- americans living in mexico. he lived there for a number of years, and i mean i say that jokingly,...
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mitt romney has gone from 46% down to 44%. a two-point switch over to president obama. is that a convention bounce or is it something else? >> well, i think it could be partially the convention. somewhat the economic news. it's been a positive experience. you know, some of the speeches there, michelle's speech i think was the most-watched speech as of that point from both conventions. and then bill clinton's speech, which for many of us who are political animals, was a tour de force for the whole campaign to end on a positive, forward thrust. and the president hit it out of the park. so we felt it was a great convention. very little dissension. everybody together. a lot of energy coming out of it. >> let's go back to talking about the fund-raising. the money at hand. what do these numbers tell you? because it is the first time that president obama has raised more money than mitt romney. and it takes a lot of money to make a campaign successful. >> well, remember the super pac world is raising millions and millions of dollars in support of romney. 17 angry old white men
mitt romney has gone from 46% down to 44%. a two-point switch over to president obama. is that a convention bounce or is it something else? >> well, i think it could be partially the convention. somewhat the economic news. it's been a positive experience. you know, some of the speeches there, michelle's speech i think was the most-watched speech as of that point from both conventions. and then bill clinton's speech, which for many of us who are political animals, was a tour de force for...
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. >> so mitt romney sat down with bob sheaffer and was talking about immigration. i want to play a chunk of what he said. >> well, it would be overtaken by events, if you will, by virtue of my putting in place a long-term solution with legislation which creates law that relates to these individuals such that they know, not for the term of president but on a permanent basis. >> i won't keep on but a to make sure i understand, would you leave this in place while you worked out a lopping-term solution or would you repeal it? >> we'll look at that setting as we reach that, but my anticipation is i would come into office and say we need to get this done on a long-term basis. not this stopgap measure. >> the question is would you repeal the president's executive order. and i couldn't fully understand his answer there even though there were certainly a lot of words in it. what is he saying? is that a yes or a no? >> well, he said he would address that when the time came. he didn't provide a yes or no in that context, soledad. the whole interview featured these points on i
. >> so mitt romney sat down with bob sheaffer and was talking about immigration. i want to play a chunk of what he said. >> well, it would be overtaken by events, if you will, by virtue of my putting in place a long-term solution with legislation which creates law that relates to these individuals such that they know, not for the term of president but on a permanent basis. >> i won't keep on but a to make sure i understand, would you leave this in place while you worked out a...
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mitt romney will run them. you know who you're going to hear? the people who said i had a child in cleng, they came in, stripped this company down, they ran the debt up and destroyed this town, those are the voices you're going to hear and trust me the voters out there are going to be saying, hmm, i'm listening to that person as opposed to what harold ford said or cory booker says. the honorable thing for cory booker is stop giving interviews because you're providing more oxygen to the story and let them duke it out. people are going to deal with the reality, some folks in private equity, building up massive amounts of debt, taking over companies to enrich themselves and not focus on the worker. >> you make money by staying in business. this argument shows a fundamental ignorance of capitalism. jobs are a by-product of profits. you seek profits, you produce jobs. if it was simply creating jobs, pass out the brooms and shovels. we've all got work to do. >> when you're broke and you don't have a job trust me those voices ring louder and there are
mitt romney will run them. you know who you're going to hear? the people who said i had a child in cleng, they came in, stripped this company down, they ran the debt up and destroyed this town, those are the voices you're going to hear and trust me the voters out there are going to be saying, hmm, i'm listening to that person as opposed to what harold ford said or cory booker says. the honorable thing for cory booker is stop giving interviews because you're providing more oxygen to the story...
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i will say an interesting thing about romney's circle. it's a lot of people from the boston state house. massachusetts political pros who he has known since the early 00s. he's got some of those guys from down here in washington. not necessarily what you would expect, you know, for republican nominee. and i wonder if all along there was some national republican operatives wondering if those were the best people to be running a presidential campaign. >> i would agree with you. michael crowley, deputy washington bureau chief, nice to see you, thank you. >> nice to see you, thanks. >>> still ahead on "starting point," the second african-american woman to ever swim for team usa. 17-year-old lia neal. first, reviews of taco bell's new gourmet menu items right here on our set. dropping off the food. we're going to take a bite. stay tuned for the verdict. you're watching "starting point," back in a moment. [ male announcer ] this is the at&t network. in here, every powerful collaboration is backed by an equally powerful and secure cloud. that cl
i will say an interesting thing about romney's circle. it's a lot of people from the boston state house. massachusetts political pros who he has known since the early 00s. he's got some of those guys from down here in washington. not necessarily what you would expect, you know, for republican nominee. and i wonder if all along there was some national republican operatives wondering if those were the best people to be running a presidential campaign. >> i would agree with you. michael...
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for me, please. >> for mitt romney obviously if this law is struck down today what the obama campaign is going to say is that, wait a minute, when mitt romney was governor of massachusetts he passed a law that is almost exactly the same law the president signed when he was passing health care reform a couple of years ago. we have heard the president just in recent days go afternoon mitt romney on this issue because romney has said if the supreme court does not rule this law unconstitutional and does not throw it out he will seek to repeal it on day one of the administration and what the president said in recent days is mitt romney wants to take us back to the day when insurance companies could discriminate against people with preskpising conditions. the romney campaign says wait a minute, that's not the case f mitt romney is elected president he will come into office and repeal what they call obama care and he will put in place a different kind of health care reform that does not have an individual mandate and that does cover people with preexisting conditions and that does provide so
for me, please. >> for mitt romney obviously if this law is struck down today what the obama campaign is going to say is that, wait a minute, when mitt romney was governor of massachusetts he passed a law that is almost exactly the same law the president signed when he was passing health care reform a couple of years ago. we have heard the president just in recent days go afternoon mitt romney on this issue because romney has said if the supreme court does not rule this law...
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i want the unemployment rate to go down. i'm saying my candidacy doesn't hinge on whether it goes up and down. our candidacy is about freedom. it's not about governor romney's idea that he's going to fix the economy. >> do you think that part of the stumbles that he's had of late and maybe not even just of late is that as the campaign trail is so long there's more time for people to not only get sort of tired but have to reframe and recontextualize their comments? >> you know, i don't think so, because if you're the nominee, obviously the intensity is only going to be a lot stronger and you're still going to have to campaign throughout the spring and the summer, and the fall, and so i think it's just more scrutiny, when you become the nominee, so if anything, i just think it gets even tougher, but i think that rick santorum's right. this election is about big things. it's about liberty and freedom and we've got the two-year anniversary of obama care, that's coming. this is another promise that barack obama made that prices w
i want the unemployment rate to go down. i'm saying my candidacy doesn't hinge on whether it goes up and down. our candidacy is about freedom. it's not about governor romney's idea that he's going to fix the economy. >> do you think that part of the stumbles that he's had of late and maybe not even just of late is that as the campaign trail is so long there's more time for people to not only get sort of tired but have to reframe and recontextualize their comments? >> you know, i...
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i believe this president has torn that down. class warfare battle is a losing battle with the american public. you don't dismiss somebody because you've made it. if anything, you've giving them to opportunity to say this is what makes america great, every kid to be that great. let's no tear this country apart. it shouldn't be 99% against 1%, it should be 100% american. >> nice to see, norm coleman, talk to you soon again i hope. thanks. >>> our own piers morgan will join us from london with more on his interview with mitt and an romney in case you missed it. let's get straight to zoraida sambolin. >>> attorneys for one of jerry sandusky's victims have released two voicemail recordings they say the predator left on their client's answering machine. they have verified the authenticity of the recordings however the attorneys claiming the calls were made less than two months before the assistant coach was arrested in 2011 on child sex abuse charges. listen. >> i was just calling to see i don't know whether you had any interest in go
i believe this president has torn that down. class warfare battle is a losing battle with the american public. you don't dismiss somebody because you've made it. if anything, you've giving them to opportunity to say this is what makes america great, every kid to be that great. let's no tear this country apart. it shouldn't be 99% against 1%, it should be 100% american. >> nice to see, norm coleman, talk to you soon again i hope. thanks. >>> our own piers morgan will join us from...
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christine romans. >>> china cracking down in tibet. thousands of chinese security forces have been sent to the region following protests by tibet ans last week that led to violent clashes with police. authorities have refused to allow foreigners and reporters enter the area. stan grant and his crew were detained in the midst of that crackdown. >>> talks between the u.s. and the taliban have stumbled before they ever really got off the ground at a meeting in qatar. taliban representatives are said to have balked at the demand for a cease-fire before executing a prisoner swap. >>> a dense smoke advisory still in effect this morning in florida 24 hours after a deadly chain reaction pileup on interstate 75 near gainesville. 10 people were killed, and nearly 20 injured. authorities say zero visibility conditions were caused by smoke and fog from a brush fire that may have been arson. >>> catholic churches across the country taking a stand against president obama's health care law. on sunday, parishioners were read letters written by church
christine romans. >>> china cracking down in tibet. thousands of chinese security forces have been sent to the region following protests by tibet ans last week that led to violent clashes with police. authorities have refused to allow foreigners and reporters enter the area. stan grant and his crew were detained in the midst of that crackdown. >>> talks between the u.s. and the taliban have stumbled before they ever really got off the ground at a meeting in qatar. taliban...
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we heard from a couple this morning tearing down mitt romney's record. we heard from rick tyler, a senior adviser for the gingrich pac earlier today on "starting point." >> well, what we know about mitt romney is he was a supporter of roe v. wade. he let judges overrule parents in terms of getting an abortion for their minor children. he helped restrict gun laws. he gave us romney care. that's his record. he doesn't want to you know his record or newt's record. >> they are coming out fighting. joining us this morning, romney's co-chair of his campaign. and we also have political analyst will bronstein. welcome, welcome, welcome. if you look at the results in south carolina, here's how it went. newt gingrich at 40%, mitt romney at 28%. 12-point gap. what happened? >> well, i think that, you know, there were a couple of really good debates. and certainly with the whole tax issue and releasing the tarx returns, when you're in these campaigns you never really want to be dictated what to do by your opponent. and so i assume that mitt romney was planning on re
we heard from a couple this morning tearing down mitt romney's record. we heard from rick tyler, a senior adviser for the gingrich pac earlier today on "starting point." >> well, what we know about mitt romney is he was a supporter of roe v. wade. he let judges overrule parents in terms of getting an abortion for their minor children. he helped restrict gun laws. he gave us romney care. that's his record. he doesn't want to you know his record or newt's record. >> they are...
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>>> secretly recorded video from a private fund-raiser, mitt romney is not backing down. he said just under half the nation will not vote for him because they're dependent on the government. here he is on fox news, first interview since the tapes were released. listen. >> i'm talking about a perspective of individuals who i'm not likely to get to support me. i recognize that those people, who are not paying income tax are going to say, gosh, this provision that mitt keeps talking about, lowering income tax, that's not going to be real attractive to them. those that are dependent upon government and those that think government's job is to redistribute, i'm not going to get them. >> president obama reacted to it during an appearance on the late show with david letterman last night. here is what he said. >> i don't know what he was referring to. but i can tell you this. when i won in 2008 47% of the people voted for john mccain. they didn't vote for me. what i said on election night was even though you didn't vote for me, i hear your voices and i'm going to work as hard as i
>>> secretly recorded video from a private fund-raiser, mitt romney is not backing down. he said just under half the nation will not vote for him because they're dependent on the government. here he is on fox news, first interview since the tapes were released. listen. >> i'm talking about a perspective of individuals who i'm not likely to get to support me. i recognize that those people, who are not paying income tax are going to say, gosh, this provision that mitt keeps talking...
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if you look closer to mon, tuesday it goes down, what is that, down nine points from monday to tuesday. then if you look at mitt romney at 32%, he has gone up 6 points. this is a micro view of what's happening in this race. how do you read this, sir? >> i think the big number one is the one that you didn't mention. a quarter of the florida vote is already in. it was in before the south carolina primary when all the polls showed that romney had a 15 point lead in florida. so because of absentee voting, voting by mail, governor romney is sitting on a 50,000 vote lead right now. it's not being counted in the polls. >> when you look at the poll that has florida -- romney in florida with latinos with a 49 to 23% lead, how critical -- are you surprised by that number how critical are latinos going to be in this race? >> i'm not surprised at all. newt gingrich is somebody who's said publicly that he thinks english should be the only official language of the united states. if you go to the department of motor vehicles nobody is going to be able to help you if you speak spanish. all sorts of pr
if you look closer to mon, tuesday it goes down, what is that, down nine points from monday to tuesday. then if you look at mitt romney at 32%, he has gone up 6 points. this is a micro view of what's happening in this race. how do you read this, sir? >> i think the big number one is the one that you didn't mention. a quarter of the florida vote is already in. it was in before the south carolina primary when all the polls showed that romney had a 15 point lead in florida. so because of...
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romney. would you support mitt romney with all the energy and fervor against barack obama. >> we'll have to stand behind our -- well, my second choice was romney because he's a new england son so i like that part of it. i'd like to have somebody from our end of the woods here that's going to be president. >> all right. thank you, gentlemen. you're so quiet and calm. these guys have been doing nothing but making noise like this during our show. >> not really. >> well, you know. you're not micced. i can't reach you down there. >> now you're talking? >> we've got to take a short break. hang on. we'll continue our conversation in the commercial break. when we come back we'll talk about governor mitt romney and the rest of the field as they make their way to south carolina. what is the southern strategy? that's when "starting point" comes back. gner ] there's a lot of beautiful makeup out there. but one is so clever that your skin looks better even after you take it off. neutrogena® healthy skin
romney. would you support mitt romney with all the energy and fervor against barack obama. >> we'll have to stand behind our -- well, my second choice was romney because he's a new england son so i like that part of it. i'd like to have somebody from our end of the woods here that's going to be president. >> all right. thank you, gentlemen. you're so quiet and calm. these guys have been doing nothing but making noise like this during our show. >> not really. >> well, you...
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down one, now it's 64%. before the rnc for mitt romney, 26%, grew by four points to 30%. >> john mccain got 38%. so he is still way under. >> you're laughing, so you think it's laughable? >> i think some of it is exposure. a lot of people didn't know who mitt romney is. but also because they put their best face forward at that convention. and didn't talk about a lot of the very extreme policies that many in the republican party are taking towards the latino community. >> well, gentlemen, nice to see you both. >> great to be here. >> is it fun to be rising star? everybody introducing you as rising star. >> i'll let him have it. >> somebody was saying yesterday you could be governor of texas. >> i want to be just mayor of san antonio. >> now you sound like you're running for governor. oh, soledad, i love the job i have. we'll see about that. congratulations on your speech last night. >> thank you very much. >>> still ahead this morning on "starting point," two parties, two contrasting visions. this morning the
down one, now it's 64%. before the rnc for mitt romney, 26%, grew by four points to 30%. >> john mccain got 38%. so he is still way under. >> you're laughing, so you think it's laughable? >> i think some of it is exposure. a lot of people didn't know who mitt romney is. but also because they put their best face forward at that convention. and didn't talk about a lot of the very extreme policies that many in the republican party are taking towards the latino community. >>...
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an openly gay spokesperson for the romney campaign says he's stepping down this morning. richard grenel upsetting some social conservatives. in a statement he said this, while i welcome the challenge to confront president obama's foreign policy failures and weak leadership on the world stage, my ability to speak clearly and forcefully on the issues has been greatly diminished by the hyper partisan discussion of personal issues that sometimes comes from a presidential campaign. he is out. good opportunity for me now to reintroduce our panel this morning. will kaine is with us from theblaze.com. john is back with us this morning, political comedian, and meredith baxter joins us, she has written a wonderful book. we talked when the book came out, this time it's paperback. everybody's favorite mom actor. >> thank you. >> over a million other things, as well. nice to have you with us. let's talk about mr. grenel. some of the tweets about him, he wrote about rachel maddow saying she needed to take a breath and put on a necklace. he said hillary clinton was starting to look like
an openly gay spokesperson for the romney campaign says he's stepping down this morning. richard grenel upsetting some social conservatives. in a statement he said this, while i welcome the challenge to confront president obama's foreign policy failures and weak leadership on the world stage, my ability to speak clearly and forcefully on the issues has been greatly diminished by the hyper partisan discussion of personal issues that sometimes comes from a presidential campaign. he is out. good...
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what this race really boils down to is the establishment candidate, romney, in ohio versus the people's candidate. it's going right down to the wire. >> when you look at the polls though, you've seen in the state of ohio, really not only is romney putting a lot of money into that race, but in the polls rick santorum is losing ground. that's happened over the last couple of weeks. does that, do you think, correlate to his focus on social issues? >> no. >> am i wrong? >> no. it's money, money, money. no, it's money, money, money. there is no substitute for money, and romney has just dumped -- you know, $12 million, i don't know how to explain how big that is in ohio, but in a governor's race you might spent 20 over months and months and months. this is concentrated in two weeks. people cannot turn on their radio or tv without seeing romney's negative attacks. the fact that rick has been able to survive this and hang in there and has a real shot at winning this tonight i think speaks volumes, frankly, about the appeal of these two candidates. what i've seen with santorum is that he appeals
what this race really boils down to is the establishment candidate, romney, in ohio versus the people's candidate. it's going right down to the wire. >> when you look at the polls though, you've seen in the state of ohio, really not only is romney putting a lot of money into that race, but in the polls rick santorum is losing ground. that's happened over the last couple of weeks. does that, do you think, correlate to his focus on social issues? >> no. >> am i wrong? >>...
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>> well, they're different -- the budget plan that mitt romney is supporting gets us down to 20% of gdp government spending by 2016. that means get the size of government back to where it historically has been. what president obama has done is he has brought the size of government to as high as it hasn't been since world war ii. we want to reduce the size of government to have more economic freedom. >> i get that. but what about balance? >> well, i don't know exactly when it balances because i don't want to get wanky on you, but we haven't run the numbers on that specific numbers. >> the plan is very vague. the plan is very, very vague. >> well, soledad, a couple of things. first of all, we know that governor romney's plan moves towards and puts the country on a path towards balancing the budget much more rapidly and dramatically than president obama has in mind, which is trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see. and the debt and the deficit growing. but i want to get back to the point you made before the break, which is you can't compare the house republicans vote for the rya
>> well, they're different -- the budget plan that mitt romney is supporting gets us down to 20% of gdp government spending by 2016. that means get the size of government back to where it historically has been. what president obama has done is he has brought the size of government to as high as it hasn't been since world war ii. we want to reduce the size of government to have more economic freedom. >> i get that. but what about balance? >> well, i don't know exactly when it...
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it is one day after mitt romney was booed there over his health care comments. we to want get down to florida's republican lieutenant governor jennifer carol. she is the first african-american elect to state office in the state of florida. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> our pleasure. did you attend the naacp convention? >> i did, and it was absolutely wonderful, although governor romney received some boos, he received a number of applause for the policies that he plans to bringing forward. >> so we'll play a couple of chunks of that, the booing and the cheering. let's start with booing, though. he talked about eliminating every non-essential expensive program. let's play a piece of that. that's the booing that followed. how does that play into how his overall speech went? how would you rate it? i know there was some clapping, some booing, but overall how did it go? >> i think overall he was well received, and the booing came from when he expressed about getting rid of obama care, but he also followed on by saying that he will
it is one day after mitt romney was booed there over his health care comments. we to want get down to florida's republican lieutenant governor jennifer carol. she is the first african-american elect to state office in the state of florida. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> our pleasure. did you attend the naacp convention? >> i did, and it was absolutely wonderful, although governor romney received some boos, he received a number of applause...
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in the negative ads that are getting the voters down, but it's only july. so does that mean we're all doomed come election day? nope. a new book called "the gospel according to the fix" lays it all out for us. written by chris cillizza. he writes the column "the fix" for "the washington post." nice to have you. >> thank you for having me. it's a pleasure. >> this book is great. if you ever wanted to figure out what's happening in an election year, you just read "the gospel according to the fix" and you'll know everything. and it's hilarious too. >> i figured i'd go with like a non -- don't overpromise in the title. kind of go low key in the title. you know, the gospel according to john, mark, luke, the fix. you know, right. look, the one thing i would say about the book, soledad, is i hope the first line in the book is politics takes itself too seriously. it shouldn't. you know, i think we have to remind ourselves that the sublime and the ridiculous go together. in politics. and acknowledging that it can be ridiculous does not mean that it also can't be sub
in the negative ads that are getting the voters down, but it's only july. so does that mean we're all doomed come election day? nope. a new book called "the gospel according to the fix" lays it all out for us. written by chris cillizza. he writes the column "the fix" for "the washington post." nice to have you. >> thank you for having me. it's a pleasure. >> this book is great. if you ever wanted to figure out what's happening in an election year, you...
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the president looked down a lot when he was listening to governor romney. and then governor romney's gestures, as you can see from the photographs, were very exuberant and very confident. people talk about owning a stage or owning a location. and when you saw the images side by side of the two -- of the president and governor romney, it was apparent who -- who was feeling more confident that evening. >> we've got another photo of the obamas as well. i think it's -- you see right after the debate president obama and mrs. obama standing off to the side. there it is. tell me a little bit about this picture. >> sure. after the debate is over, the -- the first lady and mrs. romney came on to stage and governor romney's family came on and everyone greeted each other and visited and -- and patted each other on the back, shook hands. and then afterward, governor romney returned to the podium to collect his notes. and the president looked off stage for kind of guidance as to where to exit. so that moment happened very quickly. it happened after the debate was over.
the president looked down a lot when he was listening to governor romney. and then governor romney's gestures, as you can see from the photographs, were very exuberant and very confident. people talk about owning a stage or owning a location. and when you saw the images side by side of the two -- of the president and governor romney, it was apparent who -- who was feeling more confident that evening. >> we've got another photo of the obamas as well. i think it's -- you see right after the...
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bush and governor romney. but i know that the past four years are not working. we have increased our debt by $6 trillion, i believe, $5 trillion to $6 trillion. unemployment has gone up. the median household income is down $4,000. people are out of work. kids can't find jobs. the unemployment rate for the youth is 17.1% across the country. it's not working. >> we were in a recession before the president came into office. 700,000 jobs lost in january of 2009, almost before he finished -- he was sworn in. a lot has happened over the last four years. and you can't lay all of that just at his doorstep. >> and i want to get the answer to that. >> i have -- wait a second. we haven't even mentioned the fact that this president, under the first two years, he had a democrat controlled senate and house. he could have done anything he wanted. and instead, what he did, slammed obama care down our throats. and polling still shows that americans don't want it. they not it repealed. >> and 30 million more people will be covered under affordable care act. and he actually did it
bush and governor romney. but i know that the past four years are not working. we have increased our debt by $6 trillion, i believe, $5 trillion to $6 trillion. unemployment has gone up. the median household income is down $4,000. people are out of work. kids can't find jobs. the unemployment rate for the youth is 17.1% across the country. it's not working. >> we were in a recession before the president came into office. 700,000 jobs lost in january of 2009, almost before he finished --...
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a romney supporter. de delaware governor is with us as well and down at the end ryan has a new article out in the new yorker where he is the washington correspondent. it's called let's be friends. everybody should take a look at that. the democratic national convention gavels to it order tomorrow so we have a day where there's not a lot going on. there was a protest from occupy wall street. democrats have been struggling to answer a critical question, the reagan question about president obama's first term, are americans better off today than four years ago. dana, do you think this is a question that will stick or is this the talking point of the day that will change? >> i think it's did he haefinit talking point of the day and it could stick. in large part that depends on how the democrats handle this convention. first of all, we should probably play a sound bite that is getting the most attention that is from governor martin o'malley -- >> and here is what he said. >> can you honestly say that people ar
a romney supporter. de delaware governor is with us as well and down at the end ryan has a new article out in the new yorker where he is the washington correspondent. it's called let's be friends. everybody should take a look at that. the democratic national convention gavels to it order tomorrow so we have a day where there's not a lot going on. there was a protest from occupy wall street. democrats have been struggling to answer a critical question, the reagan question about president obama's...
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the respect for america has gone down, there's not a sense of american resolve and we can't even protect sovereign american property. do you think that that is true? that there is a drop in the level of respect for america overseas, especially in the middle east? >> i have to say that's an absolutely outrageous statement. many republicans have come out and said it's an outrageous statement. you know, the president is someone who said i'm going to go after osama bin laden. and he did. and he's dead. he said i'm going to go after al qaeda. and he's decimated them. he's restaored our place in the world. this is a crisis we're dealing with, the president is focused on every single day. but when advisers are making statements like that i think it really brings into question whether mitt romney and his team are ready for prime-time and ready to face a crisis like inevitably he would if he were elected president. >> jen psaki, the obama campaign traveling press secretary. thank you for talking to us. >> thank you, soledad. >> have a great day. >>> still ahead this morning on "starting point," a
the respect for america has gone down, there's not a sense of american resolve and we can't even protect sovereign american property. do you think that that is true? that there is a drop in the level of respect for america overseas, especially in the middle east? >> i have to say that's an absolutely outrageous statement. many republicans have come out and said it's an outrageous statement. you know, the president is someone who said i'm going to go after osama bin laden. and he did. and...